Reviews of book: London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclop]dia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not

London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclop]dia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not - Community Reviews back

by Henry Mayhew

Austen to Zafón rated it

36 years ago

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I read this years ago as an antidote to all the English literature I was reading that I loved, but that primarily concerned the upper class: Austen, Wodehouse, Bronte, Saki, Trollope, Sayers, Christie, and so on. I wanted to know more about the rest of London (and English) society. Well-known journa...

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